&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Ashes: Pat Cummins sends Joe Root packing in Adelaide Test, dismisses English batter for record 12th time")
Aussie skipper Pat Cummins yet again got the better of England’s Joe Root in the third Ashes Test on Thursday (Dec 18) as he continued his impressive form. Playing at the Adelaide Oval, England batter Root had another torrid outing against Cummins, falling prey to the speedster for a record 12th time. This also means Cummins has now dismissed the former English captain more times in the red-ball format than any other bowler.
Cummins strikes again
Batting on 19 off 30 balls, Root had a positive start to his innings before the Aussie captain got the better of him on the fourth ball of the 17th over. Root was caught behind with Alex Carey completing the process behind the stumps. The wicket meant that Cummins leapfrogged fellow speedster Mitchell Starc for dismissing Root on most occasions.
Heading into the Adelaide Test, the trio of Cummins, Starc and Jasprit Bumrah all had dismissed Root on 11 occasions each. However, events on Thursday meant Cummins now leads the chart with 12 dismissals, along with Bumrah and Starc not far behind. Josh Hazlewood and Ravindra Jadeja also make the top five when it comes to dismissing the former England batter.
Bowlers dismissing Joe Root most often in Tests
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12 - Pat Cummins
11 - Mitchell Starc
11 - Jasprit Bumrah
10 - Josh Hazlewood
9 - Ravindra Jadeja
What has happened so far in Adelaide Test?
At the time of writing, England were 155/5 with Ben Stokes (24) and Jamie Smith (22) in the middle for the visitors. England lost key wickets of Duckett (29), Zak Crawley (9), Ollie Pope (3), Joe Root (19) and Harry Brook (45). The visitors were narrowed down to 71/4 at one stage before a small recovery structured their way to a score above 100.
